Search Tag: CIO
2023 14 Sep
In today's IT landscape, many IT leaders prioritise tasks related to security management and enhancing the efficiency of IT operations and system performance over strategic activities such as driving business innovation, identifying opportunities for competitive differentiation, or actively participating in business strategy. According to CIO.com's...Read more
2023 26 May
After many years of prioritising digital transformation and innovation, many CIOs report that their top goal is to support operational efficiency. Currently, many CIOs are investing in technologies that support them address several business needs, citing that technology can transform processes as well as improve employee satisfaction, whilst...Read more
2023 16 Jan
IT leaders share their thoughts regarding the challenges and opportunities they faced during 2022, including the lessons that were learnt, which can be taken forward to improve the workplace and support IT initiatives. AI solutions have permeated in all manners of workflows, with 94% of the surveyed business leaders reporting that AI is critical...Read more
2022 06 Oct
All Star Healthcare Solutions®, a full-service healthcare staffing firm specializing in locum tenens and direct-hire opportunities for physicians and advanced practice providers, welcomes Mike Peterson as Chief Information Officer (CIO) and announces the promotion of Jonathan Simon to Divisional Vice President, Information Technology. Peterson...Read more
2022 29 Aug
Mathias Will Drive Innovation and Alignment Across the Organization’s Information Technology and Business Strategies Providence Health Plan (PHP), a regional not-for-profit health plan, has named Michael Mathias as the organization’s Chief Information Officer (CIO). In this role, Mathias will drive the strategy and adoption of information technology...Read more
2019 26 Aug
Enhancing Atrial Fibrillation Procedure Flow Garners Profound Results One year ago, Health Management published Aiming to heal 80 percent more hearts through the power of partnership . The article outlined the bold ambitions of Oslo University Hospital – a leading center in the treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (AF) – to expand access and enhance...Read more
2019 26 Aug
Summary: With finance, skills and strategy all obstacles for the healthcare CIOs, two HIT professionals weigh in on the way forward. When we look at the challenges facing any digital team, each one is multi-faceted coming with a chronicle of the yesteryear and a vision of the future. Considering the issues ahead, we look at some common problems...Read more
2019 10 Jun
As the healthcare sector undergoes digital transformation, what does this mean for the contribution the CIO is making to his or her organisation? A report published by MedCityNews identifies five factors that are shaping the changing role of the CIO in healthcare. You might also like: Move over CIO: enter Chief Digital Officer...Read more
2019 30 May
As the healthcare C-suite reshuffles its priorities and the responsibilities of its members, technology chiefs in a healthcare organisation can have a hard time getting their voice heard. While the role of the CIO and CISO continues to take a more central position in decision-making, there can still sometimes be gaps in understanding...Read more
2019 28 May
Budgetary constraint is a common problem that many healthcare IT executives (e.g., CIO and CTO) have to deal with. One such executive is Jake Dorst, Chief Information and Innovation Officer at Tahoe Forest Health System (THFS), who has candidly stated: "I have yet to have a fiscal budget approved where all the projects and funding requests were...Read more
2019 05 Mar
Adoption of complex technologies such as artificial intelligence requires planning and strategy. Healthcare IT executives and professionals (CTOs, CIOs et al.) need to be aware of best practices for i mplementing AI systems at their respective organisations. Here's some guidance that they can use for effective rollouts, coming from four AI tech...Read more
2018 29 Nov
Artificial intelligence (AI) and interoperability are among the most challenging technologies for implementation in 2019 for CIOs. CIOs rated AI and cyber security (94%), Internet of Things (IoT) (90%), and interoperability (82%) as the most problematic technologies to apply next year. In parallel, 24% of healthcare CIOs admit having...Read more
2018 28 Nov
The role of CIOs is changing as the HIT management model shifts toward decentralised department heads and Line of Business (LOB) executives. This was one of the findings of Black Book Market Research in recently-released material based on the results of surveys undertaken in the U.S. by 247 CIOs and 1,305 Non-IT C-Level and senior management leaders....Read more
2018 13 Nov
Despite budget constraints, the majority of healthcare IT professionals remain confident that their connected medical devices are protected from a cyberattack, according to Zingbox's 2018 healthcare security survey. The survey, which included 400 U.S.-based healthcare IT decision-makers and clinical engineers, found that 41 percent of these IT...Read more
2018 01 Aug
In today's fast-paced world, where technology evolves by the day, IT decision-makers are always on the lookout for new trends and innovations to improve the way a product is made or service is rendered. In a recent roundtable hosted by consultancy Impact Advisors for healthcare CIOs, these things emerged as the key priorities of the nearly...Read more
2018 10 Apr
In a recent forum organised by LexisNexis, 30 high-level executives, most of whom were CIOs from U.S. hospitals, nursing homes and health plans of all sizes, tackled key data-related issues that are keeping them up at night. Based on the discussions, CIOs are keenly aware of the security complications that medical devices and telehealth bring. Here...Read more
2017 16 Feb
The chief information officer (CIO)—also known as the chief digital officer (CDO), chief information digital officer (CIDO) or “the IT guy”—can be a difficult title to inhabit, precisely because it is such a new and developing role. If you join an organisation as an accountant people know what to expect, because they have been around for thousands...Read more
2017 05 Feb
While U.S. chief information officers (CIOs) have plans of expanding their technology teams in the first half of 2017, difficulty in finding skilled IT professionals may pose a problem to their expansion goals. These are two of the key findings of a survey conducted by Robert Half Technology for its "Hiring Forecast and Local Trends Report". See...Read more
2016 19 Dec
Good news for those who occupy key positions in IT departments, including CIO, CTO and chief security officer (CSO). Although IT budgets are expected to see only flat growth in 2017, organisations will find money to hike IT salaries. See Also : HIT Pros: Should Your Salary Be Higher? A new IT salary report from Robert Half Technology provides...Read more
2016 12 Dec
Consumerism is a growing trend in healthcare. Today, consumers are directly paying for more of their healthcare costs, both for the care itself and insurance coverage. In particular, only 48 percent of healthcare payer customers get their insurance from their employer. This means more consumers are covered by federal programmes (e.g., Medicare) or...Read more
2017 23 Apr
Transform, Disrupt, Accelerate: The New Roadmap for Technology Leadership The CIO’s job is not for the shrinking violet these days. Threats emerge quickly, as do opportunities if you’re nimble enough to capitalize fast enough. Because technology has become a part of everything, the CIOs who succeed today can write their ticket to even more powerful...Read more
2016 07 Nov
A new survey shows that healthcare Chief information officers (CIOs) said they’re more likely to increase their 2017 budgets than IT professionals in other sectors. According to a new Harvey Nash/KPMG CIO survey , out of 190 companies that replied to the survey on HIT spending, there were the following results: 52 percent of HIT CIOs...Read more
2016 18 Oct
Sue Schade, former CIO at University Hospitals has shared her experience of the handover of her position to a new director with key insights into the rare chance to observe another C-Suite member in action. “…we all network regularly at CHIME and other conferences. We learn from each other on topical webinars. And we pick each other’s brains ….about...Read more
2016 25 Aug
What, in your view, are the greatest threats facing the healthcare sector in cybersecurity? First, the wrong executives such as Chief Financial Officers are in charge of IT and cybersecurity strategy in half US healthcare organisations. One third have no cybersecurity executive on staff. In too many organisations qualified cybersecurity...Read more
2016 18 Jul
An article in Modern Healthcare has highlighted the changing role of IT professionals in healthcare management as, with the increasing central role of technology in the hospital landscape, CIOs and CISOs are finally finding a seat in the boardroom and weighing in on big decisions. The publication takes Edward Martinez as an example. Martinez has...Read more
2015 09 Mar
A survey conducted by Accenture reveals that only a third of chief marketing officers (CMOs) in the pharmaceutical industry view IT as a strategic partner to business objectives. Compared to other industries like banking and retail, the C-suite executives of pharmaceutical companies are less likely to collaborate, and CIOs are far more likely than...Read more
2014 20 Oct
According to a recent Billian's HealthDATA study, the CIO career path generally does not lead to the corner office. The study evaluated 384 hospital executive personnel changes in 2014 and found that there was only one CIO who was promoted into a CEO role. Laura Musfeldt, Vice President of Senior Executive Search at healthcare-focused executive recruitment...Read more